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president obama formally cancelled talked with president putin in russia next month. it's part of the fall out from russia's decision to grant asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. the president talked about russia's move on the tonight show. >> were you surprised that russia granted snowden asylum? >> i was disappointed. we have tried to respect if there's a lawbreaker or alleged lawbreaker in their country we evaluate it and try to work with them. they didn't do that with us. in some ways it's reflective of some underlying challenges we've had with russia lately. >> wolf blitzer joining me live. i don't think anyone would be surprised about that. what might this say? this latest move say about the relationship, the ongoing relationship between the u.s. and russia overall? >> it would say there's a serious strain. the strain has been exacerbated by their decision to grant edward snowden one year of temporary asylum. let's see what happens during the course of the year. it was already pretty significant on syria and iran. there's some other issues as well. there's been
president obama formally cancelled talked with president putin in russia next month. it's part of the fall out from russia's decision to grant asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. the president talked about russia's move on the tonight show. >> were you surprised that russia granted snowden asylum? >> i was disappointed. we have tried to respect if there's a lawbreaker or alleged lawbreaker in their country we evaluate it and try to work with them. they didn't do that with us. in...
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what should obama be more focused on? 4% as you said the super rich a 96 percent said economic growth. log on to gerriwillis.com from my question every weekday. finally, every day we spend a ton of time deciding what to put in the show. i have to tell you, i'd prefer the stories that empower us to solve our own problems, like leasing deal from consumer reports of the top of the show showing us simple ways to cut our drug costs. he does not want to do that? these days there are few winds at the back. washington is stuck on stupid for. cannot afford and cannot move back. intent on blocking pockets and nickel-and-diming us to death. willis report in the days and weeks ahead we will continue to look out for you watching for the opportunity that present themselves because no matter what is going on in the economy or in d.c., there are always opportunities. that's my "2 cents more." that's it for tonight on "the willis report." thank you for joining us. don't forget to check records show. have a great night and we will see you
what should obama be more focused on? 4% as you said the super rich a 96 percent said economic growth. log on to gerriwillis.com from my question every weekday. finally, every day we spend a ton of time deciding what to put in the show. i have to tell you, i'd prefer the stories that empower us to solve our own problems, like leasing deal from consumer reports of the top of the show showing us simple ways to cut our drug costs. he does not want to do that? these days there are few winds at the...
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president obama goes on a cross country tour to bring up support for his economic plan. can washington come to an agreement other a big, new deal? and looking for a genius. the parents of amazon.com's jeff basos. >> this is america's number one financial news program "on the money." >> here is a look at what is making news. a disappointing job's report for the month of july. the economy created 162,000 new jobbing for the month. that was below the expected 183,000. but it fell to 7.4% as fewer people looked for jobs. job growth was revised downward was well. record setting weekend for the marks. kicking off the month of august with a bank hitting new highs on thursday after comments by the fed earlier in the weekend. the s&p 500 closed above 1700 for the first time ever. those commenting after the open market committee wrapped up a two-day meeting and announced it would continue buying bonds and mortgage backed securities to help keep interest rates low. the fed used the afraid modest growth rather than moderate growth. that was a light and subttle downgrade. the first r
president obama goes on a cross country tour to bring up support for his economic plan. can washington come to an agreement other a big, new deal? and looking for a genius. the parents of amazon.com's jeff basos. >> this is america's number one financial news program "on the money." >> here is a look at what is making news. a disappointing job's report for the month of july. the economy created 162,000 new jobbing for the month. that was below the expected 183,000. but it...
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and president obama says he is not a patriot. senator john mccain has an interesting view on the former nsa contractor. >> there's a generation that believes he's some kind of jason bourne. >>> and look at this. first lady michelle obama tweeted this selfie with beau. it's to create the world's largest animal photo album. >>> and president obama might want to keep his day job. while golfing, check this out. the president lands the ball about 15 feet from the hole. second shot. good try. still not enough. another shot. nope. just shy of the hole. and then, finally, the fourth shot, mr. president, it goes in. just a tap. that's going to do it. i know, right? that's your morning dish of "scrambled politic." >>> authorities are searching for a woman that was rushed away during a massive mudslide. the mud poured down highways and residential streets. one person killed. about 40 cars were swept up in the river of mud. unbelievable. >>> now, for a look at the weather. here's dylan dreyer. and the pictures are unreal. >> it's unreal. tha
and president obama says he is not a patriot. senator john mccain has an interesting view on the former nsa contractor. >> there's a generation that believes he's some kind of jason bourne. >>> and look at this. first lady michelle obama tweeted this selfie with beau. it's to create the world's largest animal photo album. >>> and president obama might want to keep his day job. while golfing, check this out. the president lands the ball about 15 feet from the hole. second...
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that's exactly what president obama was saying. now we're seeing some republicans, mitt romney, newt gingrich, who i will point out are not running for re-election. they have nothing to lose when they come out and say these things. i want to echo what they're saying. i think they're right. it is insanity when you do something over and over and over again when you know the outcome. we have house republicans voting for the 20th time to repeal obama care. one, they don't have the votes to repeal it. two, they don't have the votes to repeal it and three it's the law. all the while things get put to the back burner, the budget. here house republicans 19% approval and you wonder why. first put some things on the table. if you're going to try to repeal something, put an alternative forward. >> it's one thing to repeal and it's one thing to watch it fail. what's happening is it's only a symptom of a larger problem for the republican party. they have no policy program. they have nothing when it comes to health care, nothing when it comes to
that's exactly what president obama was saying. now we're seeing some republicans, mitt romney, newt gingrich, who i will point out are not running for re-election. they have nothing to lose when they come out and say these things. i want to echo what they're saying. i think they're right. it is insanity when you do something over and over and over again when you know the outcome. we have house republicans voting for the 20th time to repeal obama care. one, they don't have the votes to repeal...
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it's because of the obama-netanyahu reset and kerry's relationship with netanyahu that the prime minister is coming to the table. one other reality. nobody wants to be blamed for the collapse of these negotiations. this is a tactic james baker useduse ed on the way to madrid. threatened, with all due to the respect to peta, to leave a dead cat on the door of everyone who didn't cooperate. if they're going to work then netanyahu will have to own them. kerry will have to be there mediating and probably at some point the president of the united states, if he wants to take the risk and wants this badly enough, is going to have to get involved personally as well. >> aaron david miller lathanks much. >> always a pleasure. >> click on cnn.com/opinion and read his piece. >> he knows the region well. >>> this massive typhoon we've been reporting on which is ripping through the south china s sea. it's battered the philippines. two people killed. thousands more homeless and there are plenty of missing people. >> reporter: the world's most powerful storm of the year has plowed through the philippines
it's because of the obama-netanyahu reset and kerry's relationship with netanyahu that the prime minister is coming to the table. one other reality. nobody wants to be blamed for the collapse of these negotiations. this is a tactic james baker useduse ed on the way to madrid. threatened, with all due to the respect to peta, to leave a dead cat on the door of everyone who didn't cooperate. if they're going to work then netanyahu will have to own them. kerry will have to be there mediating and...
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. >>> first lady michelle obama is releasing a rap cd. michelle obama unfortunately does not sing on the album. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> for the weather i'm joined by bill karins. >>> this morning, hope windows are open in many areas of the country. the 24-hour temperature change has made its way to the east coast. columbus is 16 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. d.c. is about 13 degrees cooler. it's 51 degrees right now in detroit, i mean, that's cool, that's jacket weather. same for buffalo and columbus, that cool air is making its way to the east coast. now, one little thing of interest we have to watch over the next couple of days, 30% chance of development of this system in the western portions of the caribbean it's over very warm water. it's going to be very weak, i'm thinking, the possibilities of maybe 3 to 6 inches of rain and we could have some flooding concerns heading toward the weekend. overall, pretty quiet day. look at the beautiful forecast f from minneapolis to new york city. it feels l
. >>> first lady michelle obama is releasing a rap cd. michelle obama unfortunately does not sing on the album. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> for the weather i'm joined by bill karins. >>> this morning, hope windows are open in many areas of the country. the 24-hour temperature change has made its way to the east coast. columbus is 16 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. d.c. is about 13 degrees cooler. it's 51 degrees right now in detroit,...
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trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our information. it's voluntary. we have known what they are doing since 2005 and 2006. there's not been the same stink over it. i don't view snowden as a hero. he's a criminal, but sparked a debate that is arguably overdue. when obama comes out, the idea that he is doing this in anything other than response to the debate snowden created puts the president in a weak position and gives enormous credit to snowden. there's something in the timing of this that if obama wanted to have this debate or propose the reforms, doing it in the wake of snowden's thing is the political f
trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our...
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president obama explained as much this weekend. >> think about it. we lost the last veteran of the first world war two years ago. but we still care for the children of our world war i veterans. to this day, we still help care for children of men who fought in the spanish american war. even the daughter of a civil war veteran. so when we -- [ applause ] so when we talk about fulfilling our promises to all who serve, we're not just talking about a few years. we're talking about decades. for as long as you and your families walk this earth. >> for as long as you and your families walk this earth. president obama speaking with veterans this weekend. a daughter of a u.s. civil war veteran is still, today, receiving veterans benefits that her dad earned by serving in the civil war. wow. for this president, who has ended one of the wars he inherited and who says he will end the other, the longest war in our history next year, for president obama, the issue of making good on our promises to veterans has been a huge deal for his administration and frankly has
president obama explained as much this weekend. >> think about it. we lost the last veteran of the first world war two years ago. but we still care for the children of our world war i veterans. to this day, we still help care for children of men who fought in the spanish american war. even the daughter of a civil war veteran. so when we -- [ applause ] so when we talk about fulfilling our promises to all who serve, we're not just talking about a few years. we're talking about decades. for...
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i think that president obama honestly has been focused on implementing. i think he thought these two extremes were inconceivable. and now it is their holy grail and that's all they're talking about. >> it strikes me that what the president did, it is not just talking about denying people. there is a shift. we're talking about taking something away from people and what i've seen suggests, wait a second. that's not what we want. >> my own small business. we got a rebate last year. we got a notice to send to all of our female and male employees that birth control is now prevented coverage and it should be covered without a co-pay. that's real services that i saw firsthand in my own small business. and the republicans want to take that away and offer me absolutely nothing? >> right. >> and they say free market, free market. the free market hasn't worked. the insurance companies have been gouging us for decades. >> and people know it. >> you know, the president continued his message through a group of disabled veterans in orlando today. let's take a listen. >>
i think that president obama honestly has been focused on implementing. i think he thought these two extremes were inconceivable. and now it is their holy grail and that's all they're talking about. >> it strikes me that what the president did, it is not just talking about denying people. there is a shift. we're talking about taking something away from people and what i've seen suggests, wait a second. that's not what we want. >> my own small business. we got a rebate last year. we...
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look, the first bar here is 2009, that's president obama's first year in office that's what he had on his hands when he came into office, what he got handed by the outgoing republican administration, then the next three bars are 2010, 2011, 2012 and the final bar, the teeny tiny one, little shorty there, you might miss it on the right, that's the projected deficit for the end of this year. notice that the bars are getting shorter? which means the deficit is getting smaller. you see when things were once long become less long, they are not growing. it's amazing, right? eric cantor, you are incorrect. next up, true or false, the city of detroit is holding an important election tomorrow for the top leadership of that great american city. is that true or is that false? that is false. the city of detroit is holding an election tomorrow but it is pointless because there is no democracy in detroit anymore. the guy on the left of your screen here is dave bing who is the mayor of detroit elected by the people in 2009. he's not running again for the position and i think i know why. the guy on t
look, the first bar here is 2009, that's president obama's first year in office that's what he had on his hands when he came into office, what he got handed by the outgoing republican administration, then the next three bars are 2010, 2011, 2012 and the final bar, the teeny tiny one, little shorty there, you might miss it on the right, that's the projected deficit for the end of this year. notice that the bars are getting shorter? which means the deficit is getting smaller. you see when things...
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lou: good evening thank you for being with us, you are looking at president obama today, president obama choosing toot answer any questions on russian president putin. and the administration's consolation of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders next month -- cancellation of the meeting, president'sress secretary had a lot to say about president putin, russian leadership and without any awareness of irony what so ever, the important work that united states and russia should be undertaking. jay carney, highlighting how important engagement with russia is for the united states on a number of issues,
lou: good evening thank you for being with us, you are looking at president obama today, president obama choosing toot answer any questions on russian president putin. and the administration's consolation of a one-on-one meeting between the leaders next month -- cancellation of the meeting, president'sress secretary had a lot to say about president putin, russian leadership and without any awareness of irony what so ever, the important work that united states and russia should be undertaking....
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the obama question, the underlying facts. conspiracy theories about whether the president was actually born in the united states. >> no. that's right. think is a fake controversy. tedd cruise is eligible for the presidency. born an american citizen that makes you a natural born citizen. i think the, donald trump likes to -- stir the pot. it's august. >> that's sort of legitimate. i'm not sure donald trump was, found himself between a rock and hard place, as the administration often does, over the question he spent so much time waving this sort of anti-outsider birther flag, and someone finally got him on it. >> and the thing is the reason it's not a fake controversy, donald trump was at the forefront of forcing the president of the united states to prove where he was born. he fanned that controversy personally and with a lot of other crazy people and the question was, president obama's americanness. it was about people on the right, trump and other, questioning the very americanness of barack obama say heg was lying about the
the obama question, the underlying facts. conspiracy theories about whether the president was actually born in the united states. >> no. that's right. think is a fake controversy. tedd cruise is eligible for the presidency. born an american citizen that makes you a natural born citizen. i think the, donald trump likes to -- stir the pot. it's august. >> that's sort of legitimate. i'm not sure donald trump was, found himself between a rock and hard place, as the administration often...
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this was just say something bad about obama. the black guy in the white house who must be from somewhere else. now they find themselves, especially the folks in texas who i suspect will like that endorse ted cruz if he becomes a serious presidential candidate, now they find themselves in this conundrum where they can't or have real difficulty gymnastically working their way around this. why is he eligible. it's a problem. >> i'm going to stick about that. the ethnic thing is pretty obvious in some cases but john, i guess i would think that in the african-american community, anybody's watching right now in that community would probably say, it's obvious to me they look upon canada as a white country and kenya as a black country and even though it's your mother in both cases it's somehow different. >> i think they probably are with you in how you set up this conversation which is they're -- they're accusing -- well, it's senator cruz has done with the birthers accuse the president of having done which isn't true. >> right. >> so.
this was just say something bad about obama. the black guy in the white house who must be from somewhere else. now they find themselves, especially the folks in texas who i suspect will like that endorse ted cruz if he becomes a serious presidential candidate, now they find themselves in this conundrum where they can't or have real difficulty gymnastically working their way around this. why is he eligible. it's a problem. >> i'm going to stick about that. the ethnic thing is pretty...
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judy from obama's says, as ranchers, we are asset rich and cash poor. the land is the base of our earnings and should not be taxed to our death. r children need the land to continue to operate and not have to buy it again. a great e-mail. here is roger fro arkansas. thank you for providing a great program with usable and permission, every day. i like t final "2 cents" at the end of the program. your number one in my book. thank you. if send me an e-mail. coats said gerriwillis.com. finally, it is power ball day. today's drying is expected to fetch eight single winner a lump-sum payment after taxes of $245 million. it is not the 590,000,001 florida woman won in may, but it is not chump change. i would take it and i know you would too. here are some numbers that could help you buy a ticket. first off, three states seem to be luckier than others. pennsylvania has the most winners with 16. indiana has had1, and new york, for. some of the most common winning numbers, 20, 31, and 35. the most common power ball number is 42, just saying. if you want to play, t
judy from obama's says, as ranchers, we are asset rich and cash poor. the land is the base of our earnings and should not be taxed to our death. r children need the land to continue to operate and not have to buy it again. a great e-mail. here is roger fro arkansas. thank you for providing a great program with usable and permission, every day. i like t final "2 cents" at the end of the program. your number one in my book. thank you. if send me an e-mail. coats said gerriwillis.com....
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president obama in the white house. if you look at polling you see two things, the american public is consistently opposed to the health care law but also fearful of shut down. you don't want to let democrats muddy the waters by crossing the wires. >> there is another school of thought. is this by any means necessary. >> you are dealing with a highly unpopular law. you have a vast majority of the american people who want this repealed. it is wrecking the economy. it is already driving up unemployment and will bankrupt the nation. if the republicans can't drive a stake in the ground on this issue then there is no hope for the republican party on any other issue. this is absolutely a give me. does that mean be stupid about the tactics? absolutely not. you have to be smart about this. let's understand something. the majority of the american people want obama care defunded. we don't lose because we take a stand. we lose because we don't fight. >> i don't disagree with that. is the defunding mechanism and using the expiratio
president obama in the white house. if you look at polling you see two things, the american public is consistently opposed to the health care law but also fearful of shut down. you don't want to let democrats muddy the waters by crossing the wires. >> there is another school of thought. is this by any means necessary. >> you are dealing with a highly unpopular law. you have a vast majority of the american people who want this repealed. it is wrecking the economy. it is already...
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. >>> president obama is having his first solo press ken -- nbc's tracie potts joins us live in washington with a preview. tracey, good friday morning. >> coming up, the president's headed off to martha's vineyard for nine days so he wants to get some things on the record first. and it's not unusual to see these end of summer news conferences. let's talk about some of the issues that may come up. russia for certain, this is the first time that we will have heard from the president publicly since the white house announced that meeting, that one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin has been cancelled. what does the president think about that and how does he move the white house forward? also how big of a deal was giving asylum to edward snowden and how is the u.s. going to continue to try to get him back, that is very likely to come up. not to mention these terror threats, the new one you mentioned that shut down the consulate there and the earlier one that shut down 19 embassyings and consul lalts. >>> and a quick programming note, msnbc will have life coverage of the preside
. >>> president obama is having his first solo press ken -- nbc's tracie potts joins us live in washington with a preview. tracey, good friday morning. >> coming up, the president's headed off to martha's vineyard for nine days so he wants to get some things on the record first. and it's not unusual to see these end of summer news conferences. let's talk about some of the issues that may come up. russia for certain, this is the first time that we will have heard from the...
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the obama foreign policy effectively closed for business in the middle east. citing threats from the
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president obama pick john kuskanine to lead the irs. the president called him an expertÑa>> the senate got a little rowdy last night. listen to how harry reid quieted them down. >> have them sit down and shut up. it's just not polite. >> remember jimmy mcmilan? he ran for mayor of new york and ran for president. now he is making an endorsement in the new york city's mayor's race. he tweeted jimmy mcmilan officially endorses anthony weiner in the democratic primary and sent a picture of them side-by-side, of course. >>> movie buffs will especially joy my must read today from "the daily beast." ten years later, the article piles on to the prevailing opinion bremember the ben afflek movie? the movie equivalent of all the hindenburg disaster. i don't know. maybe it was expectations. everyone said it was so horrible. i had to go see it. i didn't think it was the worst movie ever made. it wasn't like "jaws" 3d or, i
president obama pick john kuskanine to lead the irs. the president called him an expertÑa>> the senate got a little rowdy last night. listen to how harry reid quieted them down. >> have them sit down and shut up. it's just not polite. >> remember jimmy mcmilan? he ran for mayor of new york and ran for president. now he is making an endorsement in the new york city's mayor's race. he tweeted jimmy mcmilan officially endorses anthony weiner in the democratic primary and sent a...
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president obama is repairing for a rare trip to capitol hill. there he will usher senate democrats out of town for the recess. but it is becoming clear that this president needs a vacation that is still 10 days away. president obama headed to an amazon distribution center in chattanooga, tennessee. there he delivered a wide range of speech on jobs, the economy, obamacare, just a little spin on the sequestered in the keystone pipeline. take a listen to this gem today from president obama. >> this same group has kept in place this meat cleaver called the sequester that is just splashing all kinds of important investments in education and research. if public-sector employees were like the last two sessions come in the unemployment would be 6.5% instead of 7.5%. our economy would be much better off. we are now as president obama using two hypotheticals, slamming the sequester and the incipient cause of all of our unemployment problems. he did not mention that that is the very same sequestered in his white house proposed. the same sequester that he s
president obama is repairing for a rare trip to capitol hill. there he will usher senate democrats out of town for the recess. but it is becoming clear that this president needs a vacation that is still 10 days away. president obama headed to an amazon distribution center in chattanooga, tennessee. there he delivered a wide range of speech on jobs, the economy, obamacare, just a little spin on the sequestered in the keystone pipeline. take a listen to this gem today from president obama....
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and i think that was the crux of president obama's message. he did take his message a step further by announcing that the united states would be canceling their joint military exercises with egyptta are scheduled for next month. we should point out these are biannual exercises that date back to the 1980s. this is certainly a strong symbolic move. but the president today talking about the complexity of the situation on the ground in egypt as they try to, or as they have stated that they are trying to get to a democratic government. but also, the complexity when it comes to the united states's relationship with egypt. of course, they are a key ally in a very difficult region of the world. so president obama acknowledging both of those realities today. part of what is making this such a difficult situation to navigate for the obama administration. as you point out, thomas, part of the -- one of the big points that he made was ultimately this is up to egyptians. take a listen to a little more what president obama had to say. >> america cannot dete
and i think that was the crux of president obama's message. he did take his message a step further by announcing that the united states would be canceling their joint military exercises with egyptta are scheduled for next month. we should point out these are biannual exercises that date back to the 1980s. this is certainly a strong symbolic move. but the president today talking about the complexity of the situation on the ground in egypt as they try to, or as they have stated that they are...
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how appropriate are those lyrics today for president obama. he's on his own with public support falling. back on a campaign style bus going down the only road he's ever known. enough with whitesnake. there were a few big initiatives from the president today tying financial aid to college performance giving all students access to programs and holding students, of course, accountable for finishing the degrees they do start. only 58% of full-time students who started college in 2004 earned their four year degree within six years. that diploma is getting more and more expensive. although the only family income has increased 16% since whitesnake was on the billboard. people tried to sell their tickets on craig's list. we saw them up there for $250 a pair. fair warning, selling your ticket is illegal and who wants to add a heft at this fine to their student loan anyway. nbc's kristen welker is aboard the don't call it a campaign bus bus heading to the president's speech. kristen, it's great to see you. >> reporter: great to see you too, abby. good a
how appropriate are those lyrics today for president obama. he's on his own with public support falling. back on a campaign style bus going down the only road he's ever known. enough with whitesnake. there were a few big initiatives from the president today tying financial aid to college performance giving all students access to programs and holding students, of course, accountable for finishing the degrees they do start. only 58% of full-time students who started college in 2004 earned their...
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this is the nsa version of the apology tour, of the obama apology tour. this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful, and yet the president is allowing edward snowden, a traitor, to pull the puppet strings. >> a lot to talk about with david gergen, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and dana bash. jessica, we heard the president make this a promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks. but is that really realistic? >> well, as you point out, wolf, he did say that he wanted more transparency back in may. he said that. that was right before edward snowden's first leak was in june. so his assertion is that the snowden leaks just sped up a process that was going to happen any way. well, we also have to take a bigger look at the big picture, which is did snowden actually lead to these new safeguards he put in place? we know that two democratic senators have been calling for more transparency and even reforms for more than a year now. when the head of the intelligence co
this is the nsa version of the apology tour, of the obama apology tour. this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful, and yet the president is allowing edward snowden, a traitor, to pull the puppet strings. >> a lot to talk about with david gergen, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and dana bash. jessica, we heard the president make this a promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks. but is that...
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. >>> plus is president obama ready to rid the nation of fanny and freddie. >>> oprah is striking. >>> and surprising new stats on pot smokers. plus the biggest party schools in america. >>> we begin with breaking news out of yemen. the u.s. state department is urging all u.s. citizens there to leave immediately due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks. it also ordered not emergency government staff to leave as well. the security area, the threat there is considered extremely high and tensions are already elevate elevated with 19 u.s. embassies closed through saturday. sources tell nbc news intercepted communications prommed those closures. sources say two of al qaeda's top leaders, quote, wanted to do something big this past sunday during ramadan. those leaders are said to be al qaeda's chief and his deputy in yemen. communication did not reveal a specific target or method and sources say the most likely targeted country was thought to be yemen. >>> developing overnight, a shooting in pennsylvania leaves three people dead and cull nats with two people tackling the gun. ma
. >>> plus is president obama ready to rid the nation of fanny and freddie. >>> oprah is striking. >>> and surprising new stats on pot smokers. plus the biggest party schools in america. >>> we begin with breaking news out of yemen. the u.s. state department is urging all u.s. citizens there to leave immediately due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks. it also ordered not emergency government staff to leave as well. the security area, the threat...
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ted cruz fighting obama care. hard to keep that message and that solid message moving forward while he's having to swat what he probably perceives as some of the gnats, right, chris? >> yes. staying on message is part of being president. it's very difficult. you have unforeseen things running into what you want to do. i don't know how many weeks we heard from the president this is the week we're dealing with the economy, something else would happen and they wouldn't do it. i think that problem is even more exacerbated now because of the rapidity of the news cycle, because of twitter, because of youtube, because of all of the ways in which you can get distracted and off messaging and being forced to respond to things. i always go back to if ever someone told me five years ago kathleen and chris and gene and steve, too, that the president of the united states would go into the white house briefing room with a copy of his birth certificate to say, look, i am important in this country, it is amazing the power of sort
ted cruz fighting obama care. hard to keep that message and that solid message moving forward while he's having to swat what he probably perceives as some of the gnats, right, chris? >> yes. staying on message is part of being president. it's very difficult. you have unforeseen things running into what you want to do. i don't know how many weeks we heard from the president this is the week we're dealing with the economy, something else would happen and they wouldn't do it. i think that...
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but on the other hand, here at home, the obama care train wreck just keeps getting worse. now we've learned that security firewalls to protect our personal information our way behind schedule. who needs to defund this thing when it keeps looking like it will collapse of its own
but on the other hand, here at home, the obama care train wreck just keeps getting worse. now we've learned that security firewalls to protect our personal information our way behind schedule. who needs to defund this thing when it keeps looking like it will collapse of its own
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barack obama is not talking about sending 130,000 troops on the ground. but we do need to see shall proof that it was the regime. i think the problem is going to be there is not 100% iron clad proof. there are going to be circumstantial bits of information like the kinds of launchers that were used and so on that will suggest that it was. >> this has the shades of iraq and shades of george wush and recognizing i think the president recognizes that balance between wanting to talk to the american people about what's going on, but yet not necessarily want to go have to do with congress if you can avoid it and using the u.n. and their reports on intelligence. >> i think it's a very different shade of gray, if you will, than the bush administration. i think michael crowley's cover stou cover story got it exactly right. during the bush administration, they wanted to go to war. all evidence to the side. they were so animated about wanting to go to war, nothing would stop them. is this a president who does not want to be involved in syria, who does not want to ac
barack obama is not talking about sending 130,000 troops on the ground. but we do need to see shall proof that it was the regime. i think the problem is going to be there is not 100% iron clad proof. there are going to be circumstantial bits of information like the kinds of launchers that were used and so on that will suggest that it was. >> this has the shades of iraq and shades of george wush and recognizing i think the president recognizes that balance between wanting to talk to the...
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he started his defund obama care campaign. in the past, he said he doesn't want americans to become addicted to government funded health care. how do you react to this campaign that he is undertaking? >> well, he's not a newcomer to the republican philosophy that social security is a medicare program and government shouldn't be paying for health care. this is an old republican thing. so when you bring up universal care and you find a guy like cruz, no new ideas at all, he knows clearly what he is against. he's a new member of the senate. he has no agenda. no experience. but one thing he knows, he knows how to agitate hate for the president. so what does this program stop, repel, kill? you never heard him talk about any passionate concern for babies that have no health care, for older folks that are in need. but that's the whole campaign under the republican party. and it's tragic. i say that not facetiously. it's tragic because the united states should never have just one party. and i see the republican party just killing itse
he started his defund obama care campaign. in the past, he said he doesn't want americans to become addicted to government funded health care. how do you react to this campaign that he is undertaking? >> well, he's not a newcomer to the republican philosophy that social security is a medicare program and government shouldn't be paying for health care. this is an old republican thing. so when you bring up universal care and you find a guy like cruz, no new ideas at all, he knows clearly...
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do you it on a monday, ask obama, he'll tell you. but if you do it on monday you get an entire week of bad press out of this which may happening because a-rod is going to fight this thing all the way. >> we will continue to watch this. dave's new show talk about this. "sports stash" a partnership with yahoo! sports and kicks off on the nbc sports network august 19th at noon. although dave still promises he'll make appearances at 11:00 on this show. >> any time you need me. >> we are back with much more after this. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! (announcer) bring the adventure new to their bowl with achews. whole world of exciting flavors. friskies. feed the senses. >>> it's a critical choice. how far republicans willing to go to win back the senate. and pay back. texas republicans want state representative wendy davis to pay for her epic filibuster. igor is with us and lisa and bill share. it's great to see all three of you. bill, start with you
do you it on a monday, ask obama, he'll tell you. but if you do it on monday you get an entire week of bad press out of this which may happening because a-rod is going to fight this thing all the way. >> we will continue to watch this. dave's new show talk about this. "sports stash" a partnership with yahoo! sports and kicks off on the nbc sports network august 19th at noon. although dave still promises he'll make appearances at 11:00 on this show. >> any time you need me....
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care and anti-obama and anti-government. >> there is bipartisan consensus that obama care is not working and the wheels are coming off. >> they want to get as many americans hooked to the subsidies and hooked to the sugar. >> and democratic senator max baucus the lead author of obama care said it is a huge train wre wreck. >> the first step should be that the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution to fund the entirety of the federal government except for obama care. harry reid and president obama would scream and yell those mean nasty republicans. >> the sort of cocktail chatter wisdom in washington that the shutdown was a political disaster for the republicans is not borne out by the data. >> over the objections of the colleagues, tea party leader mike lee is leading a petition to refuse to fund obama care. the man whose strategist mark mckinnan called the republican barack obama is seeing the party rise on a party he was bent to tear apart. when asked if he supported mitch mcconnell, cruz replied that is a decision for the people of kentucky to make. he may be ali
care and anti-obama and anti-government. >> there is bipartisan consensus that obama care is not working and the wheels are coming off. >> they want to get as many americans hooked to the subsidies and hooked to the sugar. >> and democratic senator max baucus the lead author of obama care said it is a huge train wre wreck. >> the first step should be that the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution to fund the entirety of the federal government...
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says some republicans see the budget battle as their last chance to get rid of obama care. the president says he gets frustrated by the partisan battles and the gridlock in washington. here is more with his one-on-one interview. >> when they get back in session, do you believe you know the way to get things done for the american people so we don't have another shutdown of government which will punishes everybody else except the lawmakers? >> there's a simple way to do it. senate passed budget and the house passed a budget. maybe you're not old enough to remember schoolhouse rock. >> i remember. >> remember how the bill gets passed when the house and senate work out the difference. they pass it and send it to me and i sign it. this is not that complicated. congress doesn't have a whole lot of core responsibilities. one is passing a budget, which they have not done. the other is to pay the bills they have already accrued. if congress simply does those two things when they get back, then the economy can continue to recover and folks out there who are working hard and trying to
says some republicans see the budget battle as their last chance to get rid of obama care. the president says he gets frustrated by the partisan battles and the gridlock in washington. here is more with his one-on-one interview. >> when they get back in session, do you believe you know the way to get things done for the american people so we don't have another shutdown of government which will punishes everybody else except the lawmakers? >> there's a simple way to do it. senate...
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she joins bo obama. the dog they got when they first moved to washington. they say she's full of energy and very affectionate. that's the dog, not the first lady. they made a donation to the washington human society in her honor. >>> when we come back, the 12-year-old who was attacked by a bear twice and pretty badly injured but she lived to tell the tale. joining me is her and her father. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. you should not start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections
she joins bo obama. the dog they got when they first moved to washington. they say she's full of energy and very affectionate. that's the dog, not the first lady. they made a donation to the washington human society in her honor. >>> when we come back, the 12-year-old who was attacked by a bear twice and pretty badly injured but she lived to tell the tale. joining me is her and her father. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist...
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president obama asked the senators to make the trip. graham said the egyptian military can't keep running the country and pushed for democratic elections. several thousand supporters of morsi marched through downtown cairo today, calling for him to be reinstated. >>> republican national committee chairman rhys previous is threatening to keep nbc and cnn from hosting republican primary debates in 2016 unless the networks cancel upcoming specials about hillary clinton. both cnn and nbc say they will move forward with the special. >>> and, anderson, meet the world's first stem cell burger. complements of london scientists. it took years of research and $330,000 to develop. volunteers said it's close to meat, but not really juicy. it needs fat, salt and pepper. the university researchers who invented it says he hopes it will hopefully put an end to animal cruelty. you are a fussy eater. i should ask you. would you -- >> sure. why not? i don't know. yeah. i, too, need fat, salt and pepper. >> you may be looking in the wrong place in that cas
president obama asked the senators to make the trip. graham said the egyptian military can't keep running the country and pushed for democratic elections. several thousand supporters of morsi marched through downtown cairo today, calling for him to be reinstated. >>> republican national committee chairman rhys previous is threatening to keep nbc and cnn from hosting republican primary debates in 2016 unless the networks cancel upcoming specials about hillary clinton. both cnn and nbc...
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if president obama decides to take action against the assad regime it appears he'll do that without the support of our two strongest european allies. the british parliament voted against a limited strike against syria. >> why do our allies in qatar and others in the middle east cannot take military action. >> is it in britain's military interest to have a taboo on chemical weapons on the battlefield? yes. our actions won't be derpd by my good friend and ally the american president they will be decided by this government and votes of this house of commons. >> now despite being in support of military intervention in syria, cameron said he would comply with parliament's decision. assad said syria needs a political solution as u.n. inspectors have been ordered to leave the country. united states has now order a fifth war ship into the med. yesterday leaders of congress were briefed by the president's foreign policy team where they were told president obama believes beyond a doubt that the syrian government was responsible for last week's chemical attack that killed more than 1,000 people. s
if president obama decides to take action against the assad regime it appears he'll do that without the support of our two strongest european allies. the british parliament voted against a limited strike against syria. >> why do our allies in qatar and others in the middle east cannot take military action. >> is it in britain's military interest to have a taboo on chemical weapons on the battlefield? yes. our actions won't be derpd by my good friend and ally the american president...
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an obama advisor said obama sat there for more than an hour just listening to putin vent. the two of them are not going to get together. he's not going to listen to him. >> as you're leading suggested there's been for over a year and a half -- there's the iranian nuclear program. there's the boston bombings duo information. the russians have passed information to the fbi and were criticized after the boston bombing for not having followed up. it might have allowed the fbi to do disrupt it. there was always the alleged american spy recently that the russians expelled. then you have on top of all of that the snowden asylum being granted in russia. we really at an all time low, back to the battle days of the cold war. this is an important relationship. both heads of state will have too find some common ground because they're going to have to talk about really important political and geo political issues like syria. they're facing the g-20. there are issues relayed to china and the broader middle east and so thaifr got a lot they'll have to find way some common ground to be ab
an obama advisor said obama sat there for more than an hour just listening to putin vent. the two of them are not going to get together. he's not going to listen to him. >> as you're leading suggested there's been for over a year and a half -- there's the iranian nuclear program. there's the boston bombings duo information. the russians have passed information to the fbi and were criticized after the boston bombing for not having followed up. it might have allowed the fbi to do disrupt...